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Dominant
ˈdɒmɪnənt
Dominant definitions
adjective
dominant
- having power and influence over others
"they are now in an even more dominant position in the market"
presiding ruling governing controlling commanding ascendant supreme authoritative most influential most powerful superior assertive self-assured self-possessed authoritative forceful domineering commanding controlling bullish- (of a high place) overlooking others
- relating to or denoting heritable characteristics which are controlled by genes that are expressed in offspring even when inherited from only one parent
"it is the dominant gene causing polydactyly"
- denoting the predominant species in a plant (or animal) community
"red spruce is a dominant species in many types of forest"
- (in decision theory) denoting a choice that is at least as good as the alternatives in all circumstances, and better in some
"holding back is here a dominant strategy"
noun
dominant
dominants
- a dominant trait or gene
"this disorder is inherited as a dominant"
- a dominant species in a plant (or animal) community
"oak is a long-established dominant"
- the fifth note of the diatonic scale of any key, or the key based on this, considered in relation to the key of the tonic